Relative prediction error and protection from attentional blink in human associative learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-458

  Glautier, Steven ^a   Shih, Shui l ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute error; Associative learning; Attentional blink; Prediction error; Predictive validity; Relative error; Replication

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84923339163     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.943250     Document Type: Article

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